NO SIR1KE IK BITUMINOUS FIELD. CONTRACTS WILL STAND. President Mitchell Asks Financial Support Only Miner Will Glvt Tin Per Cent of Wages. The first ilny'ii Hi'r.shm Thursday of tlm cxtrniudliiiiry convent Inn of tho United Minn Workers of America demonstrated that tlii' crisis bus been passed nml the possibility of u mi thmnl strike, affecting nlmiit Ion. mm miners throughout thi nilnltm regions of thn rtiuntry, linn been eliminated. Following a course thnl km not alto gether unexpected, linnieilliilely after tlir routine business preliminary to thn actual work of the assembly was disposed or, President Mltehell, III all mlilreHH representing Ills own convic tions, pi Helically gave, voice to the keynote of the convention's sent I mini, lie mild In pail: "My vhw.i nre vol In accord with those of some, to declare a general strike. I have, in all my career In lalioi' work, ilit rlnrril that contracts shonlil lie kept us Ioiik nt their lives last. Any ml vniitimcH gained In breaking contracts result In ills.iHler. Such a course woiihl ilcsiroy eonllilence ami "array iiwuiikI din' i aiise nil classes or so ciety. As far as my knowledge noes, I ilo not know of one solitary syili patln tic strike of any nuiRiiltiiilo which 1ms been iiiiccessfnl. (hi the contrary, the most conspicuous among the sympntlictlc labor striiggl.Mi liuvn resulted In Ignominious ami crushing defeat, not only for the branch of In dustry originally Involved, but, also for the divisions participating throngh sympathy. In my Judgment the United Mine Workers should not repent the mistakes which, like mile stones, mark tlm path trod by the toll ing masses In their never-ceasing struggle for better and higher civili sation. This, like all grcnt progrrs hIvp movements, has met with re. pulse, hut, gathering new HtretiRth In adversity, iuovph forward and ouwnril again In Its march to ultimate victory. I nm firm In my conviction that the MHko In thn mitluaclto Held can and will he won without repudiating our solemn contracts with the bituminous operators, provided the bituminous miners will rise to the occasion and do their full duty by their struggling fellow-workers; and with this In mind I submit for your consideration the following spi-cltle recommendations: "An appropriation of $."ll.00tl from the national fundi to be placed at the disposal of DlHtrlcts 1, 7 nml l. All district, sub-district and local unions will lie nppcnlcd to to donate from their treasury surplusses as large amounts ns possible. An assessment of not less than $1 n week be levied on all members of local unions, the amount to be collected at the earliest possible moment and forwarded to the national treasurer. An assessment of 25 per rent be levied on nil national, district and sub-district officers whose salaries amount to $00 a month or more. That nil American trade unions and the general public he appealed to for financial assistance to carry the strike to a successful Issue. Although the utmost secrecy surrounded the meeting. It was learned upon high au thority that tho anthracite miners finally voted to approve President rare of the national organization now will be to Bee to the collection of the defense fund. Secretary Wilson, who Is the financial bend of the union, will be in charge of this work. It is be lieved that all the voluntary rontrlbit tlons from the various districts and siih-diBtrlcts and locnl organizations will be turned Into Ills hnnda within the next ten days. These contribu tions are estimated at about $400,000. A systematic method will be adopted for canvassing outside subscriptions In the largo cities. The miners hope to raise $250,000 a week for the pub lic contributions, as that much will be Deeded to bring the sum up to $ 500,000. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Unless the Vatican accepts this gov ernment's terms Governor Tart will leave Rome, Italy, for the Philippines on the 24tu. Secretary Root will sail for Europe on July 24 on I.a Savoie, in company with Genera) Horace Porter, ambas sador to France. Secretary Cortelyou left Oyster Bay Tuesday for Washington. Whllo in Washington he will adjust and pay all bills In connection with the as sassination of President McKinley. Marconi, who is on board the Ital ian flagship Carlo Alberta at Kron stadt, Russia, has cabled to his Lon don office that he has received wire less signals from the Cornwall sta tion, about 1.400 miles distant, partly overland. Complete messages were received as far as Skagen, Denmark, - about 850 miles from Cornwall. A hundred I.adrones, armed with rifles and bolos. attacked and defeated eight ot the constabulary near San Mateo, Manila province, Philippine Islands. The losses of the constabu lary were one man wounded and five men missing. President Roosevelt passed a quiet Sunday at Sagarnore Hill. There were no callers. The President and his family attended religious services in the morning at Christ Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Roosevelt Is a member. Secretary Root, Adjutant' General Corbln, General Leonard Wood and Colonel Wallace Randolph, chief of artillery, visited Camp Ordway to In spect the District National Guard en campment at Leesburg, Va. Rear Admiral John C. Watson, who went abroad to attend the coronation of King Edward VII., returned on the steamship St. Louis. He was accom panled by his son and Commander W. S. Cowles, whom he took with him as Junior and senior aids respectively, Accompanied ly his English wife, who was Miss Burnett, of London, C. K. Tseng, secretary to -the Chinese legation at Washington, arrived on the steamship Umbria from England. Mrs. Tseng; said she would spend the winter In Washington with friends. She. was dressed; in ordinary garb, but her husbtud wore bis national dress. SILVER MINERS KILLED, Two Huge Powder M.igiulnes Let Go, Pilling Workings With Strangling Vnpon 105 Perish. Two powder 111 11 mi zincs at the 1,200 Toot level or the Dnllv-West mine at I'nrk City, Utah, exploded uhout 1 o'clock n. 111, Weilneiulay causing a terrible I ohm or lire. Thirty-three men were taken from the mine dead and several otliern have been recovered In a ball' ilii.cd conilltlon. Thu 1.200 level of the Dniy-Weiit corresponds to nml Is connected by tunnel with the llwHcvel or (lie Ontario. 11 tulle dis tant. In the lnly Vcst mine between loo and Kti men were nt work. In the Ontario were nearly 100 It is be lli'vi'd. Ii Is not known how mnny of these nre dciul, but tlm disaster ex tends to the Ontario, ns tho noxious giiMi-H Hint have been freed nre known to be Hie eaitsi' or several of (be ileal lis. The presence of these gases leads iniitiy miners to believe that the powder was burned nml Hint Hie ex plosion was not the chief muse of the disaster. The explosion waa so tre mendous that It aw likened everyone within 11 indl.is of miles. As nn ex ample or Its nwl'iil force It in said that two horses in the ore tunnel one nml a half miles nwny were killed by It. Member of n relief parly who went Into the Ontario mine shortly after the explosion alter several hours ab aci hnd not returned and fears were entertained lor their safely. At the last report It was slated Hint there were thought to be 105 men still In the workings. MeKenghlln. one or the t ('sellers, who went down the second time to belt), died on being brought to the surrnce. Me wns nsphyxlnted, .Inines H111III1, n member of the resell lug parly who went down, died soon nfter noon, .lack llalton, a Silver King, miner, who nlso went down with me rcHcucrs, is unconscious and ex pected to dlo. The conilltlon of thn gas In the mine Is such that the res cue work wns iibniuloned 'or Bcvcrnl hours to nllow the gases to escape. Kxporlenced miners say that John Hurgy, the "powder money," was a green man nnd should not have han dled explosives. A rescue parly found a hand and foot, presumably those ot imrgy. CHICAGO STRIKE ENDED. Three Large Roads Settle With Men Other Will Follow. At a conference nt Chicago between a committee representing the men In Hie l ake Shore freight houses nnd the olllclals of tile road n settlement of the difference was effected. The ndjiislment of the controversy was brought about by Chiilrimin Job, of the Stale Hoard of Arbitration. The basis of the settlement for wages was: Chock, transfer and receiving clerks for llrst three months! $55; check, transfer nnd receiving stocks niter first three months, $110; delivery clerks lor first three months, $50, and alter that period, $55; stores, per hour, for llrst three months, 18 rents; nnd nrter three mouths, 1SV4 rents; callers, first three months. 17 rents, nnd alter that 18 cents per hour; truckers, per hour, llrst three months, 15 cents, flnd after three moutlhs, 17 cents. Tho olllclals of the Northwest ern and the Nickel I'late roads also held conferences with coinmltteea of their men, nnd agreement were reached similar to that of tho Lake Shore. MAINE A FA8T SHIP. New Sea Fighter Attained High 8peed In Preliminary Trial. The new battleship Maine, built by the Cruintw to replace the ill-fated Maine, returned to Philadelphia after a satisfactory builders trial at sea The new war vessel proved herBelf to bo a very speedy ship for her size, she averaging 18.21) knots an hour over a measured course. Her contract calls for a speed ot 18 knots. In a preliminary run thn Maine attained a speed of 19.25 knots an hour, which she maintained for a period of 30 min utes. Kill and Burn Order Ended. Tho finding of the court-martial of General Jacob II. Smith, who ordered Major Waller to make Samar a howl lug wilderness, has been approved by tho President, and General Smith placed on the retired list. CAS3ATT SPLITS WITH GOULD. Resigns From the Directorate of His Opponent s Trust Company. A. J. Cassatt, president of the Penn sylvanla Railroad Company, has re signed as a director of the Mercantile Trust Company, of New York. The resignation Is regarded as significant owing to Its connection with what has transpired between Pennsylvania and Gould interests in the dissolution ot relations between the Pennsylvania railroad and the Western Union Tele- graph Company and the plana of the Wabash to secure a Pittsburg connec tion to tho seaboard. ,The Mercan tile Trust Company has for many years been regarded as fiscal agent for the Gould properties. George J Gould being prominent in the manage ment. Baer Has Resigned. John Willis Baer, secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, at Boston, Mass.. has tendered his resignation, to take effect October 1 and has accepted a position as as BlBtant secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions. Mr. Baer begins his new work in New York Oc tober 1. Hibernians Strong In Numbers. Reports made to the convention ot the Ancient Order of Hibwnlana at Denver, Col., show that the member ship In America Is 107,577, an Increase of 7,222 since the last meeting. The disbursements have been $930,330, and there is now In the treasury $1,076,018, Damaged by Tornado. A tornado swept over Moftlttsvllle, a small village near Dannemora, Clin ton county, New York, destroying starch factory, the Chateagay Ore and Iron Company's sawmill, and other property. EAST IS DIVIDED III E. NEW RAILROAD MAP. Harmony Assured Fight Between Pennsylvania, New York Central and O.jlds at an End. The railroad territory of the coun try tins been divided. Agreement has been reached between the mummers of the New York Central, the Pennsyl vania nnd tho Goulds whereby the light has ended between the two for mer systems nnd the Goulds. The con flict, which threatened to upset the rallronil and lelegrnpll business of the country, tins been slopped abrupt- and the Gould system will be ex- eiuled to the Atlantic seaboard. In stead of two parts, the (Cast has now been divided Into three. The an nouncement of the ngreemetit among these Interests Is tin; nioat Impel hint railroad Item since It wns announced on December 5. IHUH, Hint hnnnonloiis relations had been established be tween the New York Central nnd the 'ennsylvnnln. The agreement be- nine necessary when Hie Goulds de liled to extend their system to the Atlantic seaboard. The entrance of Hint system Into the ICastern or trunk Hue tleld upset the whole rallronil sltuutiiin. The light that began thin has been bluer, nml bus ciiused an under-current of alarm throughout f 1 11 11 ii -1 11 1 nnd rallrond circles. Public iiltentlon wiih nttrncted when an iiouncenieiil. rniue that Hie Goulds' Wnlinsb system would extend Its Hue to Pittsburg, a point where the rall ronil rate situation hnd been dominat ed by Hie Pennsylvania. This plan was decided on when the light be. tween Andrew Carnegie nnd the Penn sylvnnlit wns nt Its height, and before the Culled Stales Steel Corporation was formed. The new ngreemeiit ns to the division of the territory makes rallronil map that In roll of Interest, even to the person not familiar with rnllronil ownership and control. Phut ns to Importance nml novelty Is the cut ranee of the Goulds In Him F.ustcrn rnllronil situation. They control sys tems with large mileage In the West nnd Southwest, nml nre closely Iden tified with the lliirrltunn Hues of in 11- roiiils. This Insures nn extension of the "community of Interest" not only In Hie Knst, but nlso In Hie West and Southwest; In fact, across the con tinent. The ( Ion I il 11 union with the 'ennsylvnnln nnd the New York Cen tral, In both of which cosn J. Pier- pout Morgun Is Interested, Insures more perfect harmony among till th" railroads of the country tlinn was ever possible before. In short. It ap pears that almost a perfect, railroad understanding bus been arrived at. Jr. O, U. A. M, Exclusion. Slate Secretary Kilward l)eetner,-of Hie Junior Order United American Mechanics has approved the decree of tlm national Judiclury of Hie organi sation formally expelling 30. HUH mem bers, comprising 113 councils In Penn sylvania, and Is sending out notices In compllnnco with the decree ot the ouster to tho councils. During a heavy thunderstorm that passed over the Jennings oil field In Alabama Tuesday a bolt struck the field storage tanks of the Jennings Oil Company, setting them on lire. Tho Haines spread to the derricks adjoin ing and In a short time they, as well ns tho tanks, were destroyed. May Become Army Officers. Secretary Root has designated that civilians to be examined for appoint ment as second lieutenants In the army. They include John R. Doyle, Townsend Whelen and II. M. Halley, of Pennsylvania, and John C, Ash- burn. Jolm P. Stoutmeyer. S. J. T, Steedmau, R. R. Shaw and Km 1 1 Hueli seller, of Ohio, Nervy Railroaders. Two men attempted to .hold up a BOitthboiind Rock Island passenger train between Saginaw and Newark, north ot Fort Worth. Tex. They placed a pile of ties across the track. The engine struck them and came to a stop. Two masked men attempted to climb Into the engine, when Engi neer Knight and Fireman Mosler opened fire on them, driving them back, Coronation on August 9. An official notification Iibb been Is sued In England that by the King's command the coronation of King Ed ward and Queen Alexandra ill take place on August 9. Will Not Renew Strike. There will not be a renewal of the freight handlers' strike In Chicago. This decision was reached at a spe cial meeting of the Freight Handlers Union, called by President Curran. The railroads are living up to their agreements. Will Stand the Cut. Tin plate workers at Cincinnati, O., confirmed the report that they havo been asked by the American Tin Plate Company to allow tlielr wageB to be reduced 25 per cent bo that the company may accept an order from the Standard Oil Company for 1,500, 000 boxes ot American tin plate. Shot and Killed Both. Mrs. George Joubert, at Murphys- boro, 111., shot and killed her husband and brother-in-law, Moses Joubert whom she took for burglars. CLAIMS FOR $16,000,000. Involved In Decision of Spanish Treaty Commission for Cuba, Tho Spanish treaty claims commis sion before adjourning until autumn overruled the government's demurrer to the clalmB of American citizens for the destruction by the Cuban in surgents,' deciding that the claims should be admitted for proof. The commission also decided that no legal state of war existed In Cuba during the Insurrection prior to the Spanish war. Claims aggregating about $16, 000,000 are Involved In this decision LATEST NEWS NOTES. A duel bet ween negroes rrented a panic among the limbers at Atlantic, City. , A whirlwind In tlnlllmorn destroyed 11 lives nnd wrought much dninage to property. A riot resulted front nn nltempt to Mop n Sunday ball game nt Nehruiikn City, John W. Maekay wns prostrated by the heat In IjoihIoii mid Is con lined to his home In -Unit city. Thn Mindanao sultan who threat cued to begin war upon Americans In August now lakes It all buck. . James 10. Dolnn was chosen presi dent of the Ancient Order of Hiber nians at the Denver convention. Tho rommlssloit tippoltilcd to reap portion Oklahoma has reported that Hie territory has tioo.iiiiii population. Twenty live Hiiiusnnd East Side New York garment workers went on strike. It is predicted 15,000 more will follow. Judge Advocate Groesheck declares General Smith never Issued the famous "kill and burn" order, even verbally. Tremendous explosions have oc curred at the WaliuangtiH geyser, at Itotnriin, New Zealand, the waters shooting up Still feet. Thn Cumberland llallrond Company, with a nominal capital stock of $:ioo, 000, wns Incorporated nt Frankfort, Ky. William Oily, negro nt Clayton, Miss., attempted to ussnult Miss Vir ginia Tucker nnd wits burned at thn stuke. William II. Williams, nged 62, gen ernl manager of the Union News Com pany, died of heart disease In Ornngo, N. J. $.'15.0011 mysteriously disappeared fiom Hie vaults of the Mnnsonle Tem ple Safety Deposit Company, nt Chi cago. Manuel Calileron, leader of the re cent revolutionary movement In Nic aragua, lied to Panama and acknowl edges bis failure. E. M. Myers, the Pittsburg golfer, wan defented by Louis James by the scorn of 4 up, 2 to play, nt the Na tional golf tournament. Mrs. ICarle Messier was shot and probably fatally wounded nt Lansing, Mich,, by Lee Million. Hot 11 claim that It was mi accident. The navy department has rejected thn group of armor plate from the Car- liegln factory which railed to stand the required tests at Indian Head last week. , The supreme court of Mexico has affirmed Hie action of the supreme limit court In dismissing the charges of contempt nnd perjury agiinst W II. Mealy, of Pennsylvania. Testimony at the coroner's Impicst on Hie shooting of Albert C. Latimer, of Brooklyn, N. Y Indicates tutiriler by a lover of Mrs. Latimer. E. A. Ilesny. a specialist of tho United Stales Department of Agricul ture, lias begun a tour of Russlu In search of plants suitable for America. Cardinal Kampolla, the papal secre tary or state, nt Home, Informed the Pope of thn death of Archbishop Pat rick A. Kerhan, of Chicago. Thn pon tiff was much grieved. The United Mine Workers' conven tion, at liidlanapollH, adjourned after having decided against a general strike, but decided to appeal for money. Thn new battleship Mulnn, built at Cramp's shipyard, Philadelphia, to re place the vessel destroyed In Havana harbor. Is sailing on the builders' trial trip off the lxduwarc capes. John W. Hookwultcr, the Sptlng- lleltl inanufacturcr and Inventor, re fused nn offer from President Schwa.) of $1,000,000 for a steel casting process discovered by llookwalter. Thn Von-Tlne Constable Company, Pittsburg decorators, has suspended business temporarily, mid tho Ameri can Trust Company has been appoint ed receiver. A portion of the plant of the John A Hoehllng'B Sons' Company, at Tren ton, N. J was destroyed by lire. Loss estimated at nearly $100,000. Andrew Carnegie has promised to give Clark's university, Worcester, Mass., $100,000 toward '$250,000 need ed to secure a bequest of $500,000 un der the will of the late James G. Clurk. John llnrrott, Asiatic rommlssloner for the St. Louis exposition, cables that he has had an audience with the emperor of Korea, and that Korea an- ccpts the invltutlon to participate in the exposition. Neptune Skldmore was killed and Charles Nathan and Edward Van Houten and James Loet were serious ly Injured by a collision between their rarrluges and a trolley car at Cun arale, N. Y. John Willis Baer, of New York, sec retary of the Christian Endeavor so ciety, has resigned that position to accept one as assistant secretary to the Presbyterian board ot home mis sions. Fire In Philadelphia destroyed the four-story brick foundry building owned by Joslah Thompson & Co. Valuable patterns and machinery were rendered useless.. Loss, $100, 000, partly insured. The British Hoiue of Commons passed all the Morgan and Yerkes bills tor the construction of underground railroads In London, England. The United States Steel Corpora tion has filed Its answer to tho New Jersey litigation against the stock conversion and declares that some of the objectors are not stockholders, while others are small transient In- Putnam Bradlee Strong deserts May Yohe, formerly Lady Francis Hope. Both litigants I.i the case of the state of Minnesota against the North ern Securities Company the anti merger suit agreed to submit to the Jurisdiction of tho United States cir cuit court. Fire at Dallas, Tex., destroyed the main exposition building, the music hall annex, the poultry building, the nrlvate buildings ot the J. I. Case Plow Company, Southern Rock Island Plow Company, and that or tne Pariin Uren dorff Company, causing a loss or 1 100, 1 ofl 000. WHOLE TOWNS DESTROYED. 8cnrcely a Building Left In One lage, and Qrest Destruction In Others. VII- Great diiuiiiRo and, it Is thought, much loss or lire were caused by a tornnilo Tuesday, which swept ' ' southwesterly direction from the In tet national liouinlary across the north eastern port Ion or North Dakota. The three towns of Hump, Eldoiiido anil Thompson, according to reports, were totally wiped out. The little tjwn of lloriip, on thn St. Vincent line or the Great Northern railroad, Is nn abso lute wreck. Thn final report wns that the entire town wus wiped out nml hardly u structure of any sort lelt stnuillng. This came from a plucky Great Nort hern telegraph operator who, alter his station hnd been laid list, saved bis key from the ruins nnd tupped the wires nt the nearest avail able point. He nlso reported the raz ing or a hntnb't some miles distance with destruction or n lurge amount or properly.' The report from llonip cnine In very soon nfter thn storm struck, mid contained no Information at: to the ('annuities. At Thompson the Great Northern slallo:i lies u con ruseil mass or wreckage directly across tin' ninlit line. Stores nml res idences nrn In ruins nnd the main por tion or the town Is wiped out. The population wns about 200. Mere rniKiiietils of liifot hint Ion Wednesday had come from Eldiirailo, but Hick.' Indicate tlm deal met Ion of Hint town, ot about 251) people. Neither or III" reports from Thompson or Eldorado speak of loss of life. This Is partially accounted for by the fact Hint they were sent before news could have been received from the outlying districts. ATTACK MISSIONARIES. Japanese Collies In Korea 8et Upon Bishop Moore s Party. Thn first ultin k has been made upon American missionaries In Korea. Three men were the victims or the oittbrenk. On lust Friday the State department at Washington received meager details of the attack, and In the report were the mimes or Bishop Moore mid Messrs. Appcn.cllur and Swearer. Bishop .Moore is Itov. David II. Moore, D. I). I.I.. D of Cincinnati; Mr. Appcii.cllar Is Rev. II. (I. Appcn xellnr, D. D of New York, and Mr. Swearer Is Uev. Wilbur C. Swearer, of New Kensington. The missionaries defended ihetuselves, nnd, although each of the party were severely wound ed they succeeded In beating the cool- i les off mid returned to Seoul. MACHINE FOR LAYING BRICK. Does the Work of Six or Seven Skilled Workmen. Commercial Agent F. S. S. Johnson, of Standbrldge, Camilla, reports a re cent Invention, which consists of bricklaying by machinery Instead of by band. "The machine, worked by two men and a lud will lay 400 to 600 bricks per hour. Door nnd window spaces cause only a slight delay. The innchliie Is suited fop all plain work, such as walls, sheds, mills, factories, rows of cottages, piers of bridges etc. Considerable pressure Is put on the bricks, uud It Is claimed that the work Is morn firmly done than by bund, The Invention does the worn of six or seven skilled bricklayers. Injunction In Tool Suit. In the case of tho Chicago Pneu matlc Tool Company vs. the Philadel phia Pneumatic Tool Company, at Utlca, N. Y., United States Circuit Court Jililgo Coxe granted a prelimi nary Injunction ugulnst tlm further use of the Keller Philadelphia pneu matlc tool, holding it to be mi In fringement of the Meffet patent rs sned to the Chicago Company. Charging Oleomargarine Tax. Tim internal revenue bureau hus Issued Instructions that wholesale and retull dealers In oleomargarine who have puli special tax at the rate of $200 and $6 respectively, and havo sold oleomargarine taxed at a dif ferent rate thun one fourth of one rent per pound, removed from the fac. tory on and after -July 1, 1902, will bo required to provide themselves with special tax stamps at the higher rate. LOSSES REACH $6,000,000. 8even Hundred 8quare Miles of Ter ritory Under Water. The situation In the flooded dis trict along the Mississippi river, from Keokuk, la., south is exceedingly bad. Kverywhere the largest crops ever known wero under water deep enough to float a steamboat. Hundreds of farmers who were In good circum stances 10 days ago are now penniless and homeless. The loss up to Monday is estlmnted at $6,000,000, and may reach $2,000,000 more as the flood progresses further down the river. Most of this loss Is on the Missouri side, between Keokuk and Hannibal. The mouth of the t)es Moines river was nearly two miles wide. FOUR ON THE DEAD LIST. Cloudbursts in New York State Had Fatal Results in Drownings. Three cloudbursts caused the death of four persons In Broome county, New York, and nearby. James Cook end wife were drowned at Afton, and their C-months-old child and Michael J. Ryan were killed in a washout. lid ward Mai ran and Willis E. Marsh were seriously Injured. The property Lisa is placed at $200,000. TRACY BAFFLES PURSUERS. Officers Decide to Give Up All Effort to Capture the Convict. After 40 days ot continual pursuit by men and bloodhounds all organized effort to capture Harry Tracy, the escaped Oregon convict, has ended. The pursuit of Tracy through Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Thurston, Pierce, Kit sap, Snohomish and King counties has cost these counties $10,000. The fact that Oregon declines to pay Mrs. Wag goner, of Chehalis the reward for Mer rill's body has done much to cause the dropping ot the Tracy bunt. WANT AMERICAN TRADE. Pan-American Republics Offer Oood Market for Our Product Plenty Cattls on Argentine Plains. Cnptnlll J, Nelken y.Walherg, ail Officer I'll the army of tlm Argent Inn republic, Is stopping lit New York, where he will complete Him olllclal "History of lie Pan. American llcpiib. Hi .1," a volume nuthorlseil by the. Smith American republics to encour age trnde between those iouiitrls ami thn United Slates. Captain Wullicrg Is an Interest lag churniter, I In has traveled extensively throughout the world, having been In the dlpl imalln feivlen of bis country In Europe for a liumbur of yen is. In spesklng of trade conditions In South America Captnln Wnlberg said: "Never boforn were, the conditions so favorable to the 1'iilled Slates as they tod.iy. In the Argentine republic they have a good mid lusting uinilie'. lor hgileitl. 1 11111I Implements, such -is harvesting machinery or nil kinds. In lliuzll llieie Is a mat lid for many kinds of American pioiluMs. In oiler South American countries lle opportunities are great, mid am becninlug greater I'tery day. We South Americans nri looking forward to the ility when w Will have free llllile Willi tint l ulled States. Every year sees more r our merchants anil buslnss men coining to tills country for their good-i, ami our farmers ai'e also looking to thn time when we will ship our products to the United Stales. Your meat trust gives ns the chief reason for thn pres. cut high prices of liiealn Hint the sup lily or cattle in this criii ill 1 y Is so limited that It will not supply the tin. Miami. Weil, I i nn give I hem a rem edy lor thai. In my country, tlm Argentine republic, tin-re uni millions or the lineal, kind of cattle roaming the plains, which our people would be only too glad to nlilp to till coun try. These ( ill I le could b bought and shipped here at nliout the mime prl-u that cattle raised on thn Western pluins can be bought for," THE FILIPINO ABROAD. He la Entitled to Protection Papers But Not to Passport. Gradually thn Htutus of thn Filipino In bis relation to foreign countries Is being established. The Main depart ment has finally decided bow It. shall take earn of Filipinos outside of their archipelago, Ambassador White has eHinbllsbed n precedent In the casn of I'Mwnrd Frniiclxo, it native of Ma nila,, a record of which has just reach ed the state department. This man np plied to tho umbassudor In Berlin, Ger many,, July 2 for a pani;port or pro tection papers. The Ambassador's rer tlfieato says: "Satisfactory proof hav ing been furnished me Hint Kdvard Frniiclxo Is a native of thn Philippines and loyal to Hie United Stales, tin Is entitled to be accorded adequate pro tection by tlm diplomatic and consular ofllcers of the United States. As, how ever, ho is not a rltl.en of tho United States, bo Is not entitled to a puss port.' CABLE FLASHE9. British coal miners plan to aid r.trlkers In uutbrucitn Held. of Penn sylvania. J:bn W. Maekay, Amnrlcan-nuiltl-millionaire, and famous Bonanza min ing king, died In Ixiiidon. Andrew Carnegie has given $62,500 for the completion of the Laaibeth (Kngland) library system. This government has made, formal application for the extradition from Canada ot Colonel Guy nor and Cup- lain ureene. Cholera Is spreading somewhat In the Philippine Islands. The ratio for Manila Is maintained. The rains fall Ing have r.ot checked thn disease ma terially. Sir Arthur Lawley, governor of Western Australia, has accepted the lieutenant governorship of the Trans vaal colony. He starts for South Africa August 5. Queen Wllhelmlna, of Holland, who has been convalescing at Castle Schaumberg, near the Rhine, Is so far restored to health that she will return home with her husband. The reports from England regard Ing King Edwards health continue to be most satisfactory. He will remain on the royal yacht off Cowes, Isle of W lght, until August 8, and will return to the roadstead after the coronation King Edward left Victoria station, Ixmdon. Tuesday, for Portsmouth to board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The king was conveyed from Buckingham palace to the railway sta tion In an ambulance. There was no demonstration, in compliance with the wish of the king. A man has been arrested at Luck now, India, for preaching sedition in the lines of the Seventh Rajput regl ment. The prisoner is believed to be Kanabeni Madhu, of Shankarpur, famous as a mutiny leader, who was known to have been hiding In Nepaul a few months ago. The Venice correspondent says the Italian minister of fine arts considers It desirable that the Campanile should be rebuilt solely by the aid ot Italian subscriptions; and It has been sug gested. in view of the world-wide man ifestations of sympathy, to use the for- elgn donations to build a temple in honor ot human fraternity. Earl Cadogan has resigned the of fice of lord lieutenant ot Ireland. Lieutenant Commander James C, GUmore and Ensign Andrew T. Gra ham, of the United States cruiser Cin cinnati, which was at La Gualra July 8. with three others, were arrested by enezuelan revolutionists, while go ing from La Gualra to Caracas. The oitlcers protested against being held as prisoners and, with. their compan ions, were released. The ladles of Cape Town, Africa, presented Mrs. Steyn, wife of the ex- president ot the former Orange River colony, with a purse of $0,000 before she sailed for Europe with her bus hand. Mr. Steyn was in a pitiable condition, from fever. THIS MAHAIiTB, PITTSBURG. Qraln. Flour and Feed. tVil-Na it mil I TS Tl ST 71 111 M' a in i m 17 nil In mi trt mi w mi ID Ml m a iw ljn nil, . ,.... I'ji..i..M. it fl..u. ..... .i 74 riii. 1 r"ll"W, nudum 7 Tl ()ni iTiixnn wnr ,, ,.,,, s-rin. H III 11 't i. nn. lilt.i ,. , m Flour . I' r-Wlninr iminni B (Hi llnjr- ' "n- 7 n.,n,,. w IIHIM W... ...... ni"i - N. 1 Minutnr in r II Ml FmiI iirown miiiiiiiiigs , lira., ImiI. , It IM , III M , . I ,.. ,. 0 ) Out Dairy Products. Duller- Hiiln i-r-ninnj- ( 11114 HI iH ll .'in. i-rf itiimi j . , ...."'"' "Trim vpr-PHi-iIUil. now iNw I wrs, new . ., Poultry. Eto. list Hris- imr it a 11 if' is uI'!iiin-( t inn-Mi . , . , I's. mill III1K1, frril) l III Fruits snd Venetables. Iir-nn limim- wr Imt $1 "S Plllltfllflfl' ll M..i. ,,lM i,a Ml t hi,il 1 r Id, In .. ,.. jl mi I m 7 viiivik-r banal s uu BALTIMORE. Wltit-r l'-int Pinup $:m 4 PI Wll 'at-Nn. i rail 7" Tl .- , 17 I? IN "in lllllnii rsn iiullar -'uiiiuvrnaiiinrr PHILADELPHIA. Pfmir Wlm- 1'Mii.itt 400 71 711 IM Wl aal N i ra.l Cm 11 Nn, liiiiiH data -Mi, 1 aima Iliinf I ixaiiinrr. ttr s-a-ga I'atiiial.aiiU lirata in NEW YortK. pluiir- f atania, , In (Kl VWc-al N.,, Hr.il Nil I 01 ii-- No. 2 I Ifala-.ki.. 'A Whlla Ibl 4 W rliiHar f :f.aniMv ..... I7U . Hlaiaanii I finiaritaina So LIVE STOCK. ' Centrsl Stock Yaids, East Liberty, Pa, Cattle. I'rlin litavr, PMK'i MU 11m f 7 40 I'llllia, Irillll l IIKI ilia A ID Mi'l'ill'i. UWlolifiO It smi 71 7 l 7 mi ' 61 4 VI 4 H1! n mi Mini tiUUU tatliallaia .. OKI Jiut-'ti-r, w i wmi it.s. 4 mi tiifiiiin.il t lair II mi ianu, i-fifiiffifiii to fat Sim 1 iiiiiiiuii iKno'l lot itiilla and ciiwa M M il'-ll enwa, an'!l JfilH r.ilia mlli'li ioaa, ac-li IHgj Hoys. I'rlma liaarf lwi 4 00 I'llma iiinliiitii w-IkIh ( 7 vi Paat heavy loiaitra ahi! ffiiadlllfii... 7 H.'t 4 ID 7'.K in 7 w 7K5 71 71 ; no w Ulioil li. fiolna ia-kara 7 ID liw.ll ,lKa and Unlit frkPM 7 H I'lKa, i-', miiioii lunooil 7nr, l .oiiuiififi Ut lair 7 M KiiiiKiia 6 7 Mam fj 7.'i Sheep. ffltra. niarftlirfi walliara S 4 Zl 440 4 ID H vJ a") liii.id lo f.-ho!i:0 it HT, Mrillimi . a a:, tumiiion tu fair IM Lambs. I a in I, rtlcr l SIM i.aifilia, giiHl to cholo. cllaii-. .. ft VI l.hllilta. f:MfilliOli to fair. (illiitiMd... Hill 7o tr, I'M 7.1 kpriim I, am ha din Cslves. Vral, aitra 80) Vni, goml to rliolca 41m Vwil, rfiinifion Ijanvf.,, sr.i Vaal, luinuion lo fair i jj 0 fc7 t)ijO 4 SERENE TRADE ASPECTS. Prospects of Early Settlement of Strikes Greatly Improve the In. dustrlal Outlook. II. G. Iiun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Settlement of numer ous labor controversies and prospect of early -agreements as to other strug gles have greatly improved the in dustrial outlook, while agricultural conditions stoadily improve. As these have been tho only unfavorable in fluences for some months, the pros- pcciB ror active trade are decidedly encouraging. Preparations for un usually beavv fall sales tra hnlnir made, and confidence grows stronger. Mine and furnaces that have been Idle on account of the usual overhaul ing, resumed as rapidly as needed re pairs could be made, financial con ditions are sound, the midyear divi dend distributions prodjeing no stringency, and speculation has been heavy for the season, both In securi ties and staples. Pig iron continues to command full prices, supplies fall ing below requirements, and furnace deliveries failing to fill contracts. Scarcity of fuel is still the principal drawback, while car and motive power shortage are additional causes of delay. New orders are reported for distant delivery, running about a year ahead. Prices are fully main tained for the raw material, but bil lots weakened slightly because of for eign selling. Importations have reached a considerable aggregate, and more are expected. Structural ma terial is still the feature, new busi ness being offered in great bulk. Rail way needs do not diminish, despite the enormos amont of work already placed and agricultural Implement makers are fully employed. A general advance in prices of machine tools has occurred, averaging nearly 10 per cent, it was expected that mills and foundries would resell pig Iron, owing to the high premiums obtainable, but this factor has had no appreciable ef fect as yet, most consumers requiring all the material received. Manufac turers of cotton goods bold prices steady, and there has been a distinct Increase in demand during the past week, although buying is only for im perative requirements. Some cur tailment of spinning la reported at scuthern mills, the tendency being to wait until the crop cotton comes for ward. Export trade has increased through buying for India, but China is less ot a factor than uauaL New lines ot light weight woolens snd wor steds have opened at unchanged prices and the Increased activity of mills baa aroused more interest in the- raw material, which tends to advance. Eastern shoe shops receive more or ders, some of the larger producers refusing contracts calling for deliv ery before October. Prices are firmly held. Failures for the week number 213 in the United States, against m last year, and 20 la Canada, against 32 last year. Bradstreefs says: Railway earn ings are really flattering, June returns on nearly 100.000 miles of rood snow lux an aggregate gain ot ( per cent on last year.
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